JONATHAN FRAKES

Bil’s rating (out of 5):  BBBB. 

USA, 1998.  Paramount Pictures, Digital Image Associates.  Story by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Screenplay by Michael Piller, based on the television series by Gene Roddenberry.  Cinematography by Matthew F. Leonetti.  Produced by Rick Berman.  Music by Jerry Goldsmith.  Production Design by Herman F. Zimmerman.  Costume Design by Sanja Milkovic Hayes.  Film Editing by Peter E. Berger.  

Respectable entry in the Star Trek movie series isn’t the classic that First Contact was but is solid entertainment all the same. The noble crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise are called upon to help a community of people who seem to hold the secret of eternal youth on their paradisaical planet.  This Utopia is about to be plundered by evil baddies led by F. Murray Abraham who want to hone this technology for themselves and so are a great danger to the planet’s citizens. The producers have spared no expense in makeup or visual effects, so even when the story fails to hold your interest you just can’t complain because it always looks so great.